an islamic terrorist group supported by chechen militants claimed responsibility.n july to a dozen three, two female suicide bombers killed 14 people house at an open-air concert. there were stopped at a security check on their way in. police say their plan had been to blow themselves up in the middle of the audience of 20,000 people. most of the spectators had no idea of the drama that was unfolding just a few hundred meters away. authorities allowed the concert to go ahead to avoid mass panic that could have led to even more deaths. in decembeof t same year, two female suicide bombers, again believed to be from chechnya, blew themselves up in front of the national lecture an adult, killing at least five people. police believe there are original target was the russian parliament. their attack was intended to highlight allegations of human- rights violations in chechnya. but perhaps the most horrific attack of all in moscow came in october of 2002. more than 40 chechen terrorists stormed the musical theater and took 850 peoplthei hostage. after a siege lasting two

russian special forces stormed the building one hundred and twenty nine hosted just in forty one chechen fighters were killed children became victims of terrorists in two thousand and four the siege of a school in beslan resulted in more than three hundred deaths most school metro has become a popular target for. the subway so a number of deadly attacks over the years the station was one of the two attacked last march forty people were killed in a double suicide blast their recent explosion at the international arrivals hall that most schools domodedovo airport is a sign that terrorism remains a major threat to the country's security. you've just said something quite terrible right now and terrorists are planning yet another attack. that attacks are. paid for. to those. sports appears to be some sort of professional capacious a way of making a living saying it's. chance they're on masterminds. stabilize the situation in russia. reduce our. there olof the world's fuel and energy supplier need to live and there are soldiers who may have different motives and again i'd like to repeat dead.

when russia had its first taste of terror for days more than a thousand people were held hostage by chechen militants headed by shamil basayev russian troops unsuccessfully tried to storm the building more than one hundred people died since then terrorist attacks have repeated in russia on a regular basis and have usually been associated with the chechen militants in one thousand nine hundred ninety four apartment buildings were blown up within their own three hundred people eventually forced more schools hand and the beginning of the second warring change. part of it was militants systematic attacks on russian civilians in two thousand and two eight hundred people were taken hostage a demo schofield regime special forces stormed the building one hundred and twenty nine host ages and forty one chechen fighters were killed children became victims of terrorists in two thousand and four the siege of a school in beslan resulted in more than three hundred deaths most school metro has become a popular target for. the subway so a number of deadly attacks over the years the station was one of the t

this has nothing to do with the chechen republic. and people gather in moscow and in moscow region on a day of mourning to commemorate those who died in monday's terror attack more details just ahead for you. terrorism is expected to. make for a president. by the. u.s. . welcome to the program. all across the region to mourn the victims of monday's attack. people have been gathering at the site of the blast to pay tribute to those who died. reports from. people have been gathering here in fact laying flowers since yesterday but today of course was the day of mourning so there were a lot more of them coming in and laying down flowers lighting candles and taking their time just standing there praying or taking a moment to remember the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack we spoke to john byerly american ambassador to russia who said it does accusations in western media which say that russians have begun brigida cold hearted and continue to go on as if nothing happened are in fact biased and do not have any basis in reality wha

to do with the chechen republic russia's prime minister rules. and people gather in moscow and in moscow region on a day of mourning to commemorate those who died in monday's terror attack more details just ahead for you. terrorists expected to grab the spotlight at the economic forum president truman is due to give the speech his arrival in. russia's parliament you know. the new nuclear reduction deal with the u.s. the nation's warheads reduced by a third. with news from russia and around the world this is. all across the moscow region to mourn the victims of monday's attack at russia's busiest airport people have been gathering at the site of the blast to pay tribute to those who died. that they went out of force. people have been gathering here in fact laying flowers since yesterday but today of course was the day of mourning so there were a lot more of them coming in and laying down flowers lighting candles and taking their time just standing there praying or taking a moment to remember the thirty five victims of monday's terror attack we spo

has nothing to do with the chechen republic and we will not negotiate with any terrorists was a single country in the world the respect. that's common international practice. well there is international newspapers have also been quoting sources suggesting the attack on don't have a may have been planned outside of russia. is in washington d.c. and looks of hell the tragedies being reported in the west security experts and investigative journalists have started looking into where these terrorists come from the telegraph and other media outlets say the bombers who carried out the moscow attack were thought to be part of a suicide squad training pakistan's al qaeda strongholds that were sent to the capital to target the city's transport system many security experts believe that terrorist groups operating in russia do get funding from abroad some of their members are known to have been trained abroad and also a fact here in new york state police the new york police department has sent people to moscow to learn about the attack which could help them prevent a similar tragedy here in the uni

that's common international practice the new good book which chechen president runs and get it off says the west is always trying to create a negative image of modern day chechnya i see that. it's always this way they're always in their hurry to tell the whole world because this is a place where there is no order and people are ready to kill anyone as if we were all murderers and terrorists they present chechen biggest stein and then goose people as criminals to the international community that's the way they're making their politics i've always said so there once a period of vulgar region st petersburg and other regions to treat us with apprehension they do not want to let our society consolidate in russia that sturdy politics once a terrorist operatives could be from the caucus or why are they always our underlying republican opinion is russian anyway look also it is a russia the caucus belongs to russia we're citizens of russia but what was the why were we separated from russia one comes from the caucasus you don't want us to tears a common enemy wants to be a russia is it really tha

the day that pulled was not stated by terrorists from the chechen republic but has deep national rates we'll bring you the latest on that story just keep. president be tryna get of sets the tone for the economic forum in davos and you know it's the compas in terror threats environmental disasters nuclear nonproliferation and the weaken the scale. and us president barack obama's upbeat state of the union address met with skepticism by average americans who say he's not focusing on the right things. he wants in r t coming to live from moscow i'm married to josh welcome to the program now a gathering to commemorate the thirty five victims of a terror attack of russia's airport will be held in the heart of moscow later on thursday the blast of the airport's arrival zone comes less than a year after two suicide bombers from north caucasus struck on moscow's metro the russian government however says the latest attack is not linked to chechnya based terrorists for more we can now cross live on and sara was outside of an airport morning to sara so it sounds like we might be getting closer to f

an islamic terrorist group supported by chechen militants claimed responsibility. to a dozen three, two female suicide bombers killed 14 people house at an open-air concert. there were stopped at a security check on their way in. police say their plan had been to blow themselves up in the middle of the audience of 20,000 people. most of the spectators had no idea of the drama that was unfolding just a few hundred meters away. authorities allowed the concert to go ahead to avoid mass panic that could have led to even more deaths. in december of the same year, two female suicide bombers, again believed to be from chechnya, blew themselves up in front of the national lecture an adult, killing at least five people. police believe there are original target was the russian parliament. their attack was intended to highlight allegations of human- rights violations in chechnya. but perhaps the most horrific attack of all in moscow came in october of 2002. more than 40 chechen terrorists stormed the musical theater and it took 850 people their hostage. after a siege lasting

early results of the investigation suggest this terror attack has nothing to do with the chechen republic. and people gather in moscow and in moscow region on a day of mourning to commemorate those who died in monday's terror attack more details just ahead for you. terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight while the economic forum where russian president dmitri medvedev. russia's house of parliament. the new nuclear production deal with the u.s. will see each nation's warheads reduced by. a very warm welcome to you this is. now state flags are at half mast all across the region to mourn the victims of monday's attack at russia's busiest airport people have been gathering at the site of the blast to pay tribute to those who died. for . now i will be catching up with a really close go in just a few minutes time here r t but for the meanwhile russia's prime minister says the suicide bombing which killed thirty five people is not linked to chechen based terrorists here's one of lot of my putin told reporters and then usually. resilin results of the investigation suggest this has nothing to

plane a captain of all these captain who was later convicted for allowing these two women and two chechen man accompanying them into the airport without searching them properly and workers at the domodedovo airport were also convicted for allowing these two women to buy and use their air tickets with it without showing proper identification but they get at this point i have to stress that we don't know whether these blast was caused by a terrorist attack we know that most of the service is fully. ambulances very rushed to the scene and now there are major airport the sharon meter airport is gearing up to accommodate all those flies regionally scheduled to arrive to my dad there were now ironically just earlier today we got the news from the other airport that again it was confirmed that i'm being as russia's largest airport traffic passenger is the number of passengers that service last year has increased by twenty percent to somewhere around twenty two point two million people and some of the most popular destination serviced by the domodedovo airport include egyptian resort of sharm el

. >>> russian prime minister vladimir putin says that chechen separatists had nothing to do with monday's deadly suicide attack on moscow's domodedovo airport. the explosion that ripped through the arrival terminal of russia's busiest airport killed 35 people and wounded over 130 others. russian authorities suspect the attack was a suicide bombing. they are investigating links to islamic extremists from the north caucasus who have carried out previous terror attacks in moscow. >> translator: according to preliminary checks, this terrorist attack has no relation to the chechen republic. >> but prime minister putin didn't deny that other extremist groups in the north caucasus could be responsible. meanwhile, russia's president dmitry medvedev disclosed that he fired a top transport official for failing to ensure security at the airport. he said all the officials responsible need to be brought to their senses. on wednesday the russian government declared a day of mourning for the victims. the kremlin, the prime minister's office and other government offices flew russia's flag at half mast. c

name is kevin now in our top story europe has been hit with a dramatic wave of arrests linked to chechen terrorism with the e.u. and russia fighting a common enemy these detentions of put the union's background checks on asylum seekers on the question and is r.t. to go pers can offer from austria it's fear authorities are letting terrorists walk straight in through the door. like many others small you would be and downs. austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind. extremists in planning attacks in the heart of the european union an ethnic chechen was detained at the airport in vienna as. to mecca news about the incident went around the world. none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about. i'm afraid i wasn't. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the deputy chief of one of australia's biggest newspapers has been personally following this case armed with only

extremists in planning attacks in the heart of the european union an ethnic chechen was detained at the airport in vienna as he returned from a pilgrimage to mecca news about the incident went around the world all the streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the deputy chief of one of australia's biggest newspapers christopher has been personally following this case or md with only a voice recorder and no t.v. crew he was more successful in getting the locals to share. his with a really big population become unity with of chechens so that people are sinking what what what comes next i mean this is just my neighbor he was here with me and now he has his arrested because of suspect. terror plot with his wife and children really appear to be leading an ordinary life one of the most striking facts about this latest case is that the suspect has no hands he claims he lost the after bein

his with a really big population become unity with if chechens so that people are sinking what what what comes next i mean this is just my neighbor he was here with me and now he has his arrested because of a suspect. terror plot with his wife and children really appear to be leading an ordinary life one of the most striking facts about this latest case is that the suspect has no hands he claims he lost the after being caught up in violence in chechnya now investigators are looking into or no other version whether his hands were all off while handling explosives this is raising questions austrians hell well asylum seekers are checked before getting the green late last year as one of the most liberal asylum policies in the european union last year alone the country. received over fifteen thousand refugees from across the world with such an inflow of newcomers is becoming increasingly hard to find out who is who we want to know from the government in how many cases they actually did background checks to make sure that this people are not criminal or dangerous second in how many cases austr

chechen president says the west is always trying to create a negative image of chechnya. it's always this way there are always in the entire world the caucus is a place where there is no order and people are ready to kill anyone as a murder. people as criminals through the international community that's the way politics it's always been so they want. regions. petersburg another regions to treat us with apprehension that i do not want to let our society consolidate and russia but sturdy politics once a terrorist happens to be from the caucasus why are there always underlying that in public opinion has russian a new way all russian citizens the caucasus belongs to russia where citizens of the russian federation as well as the others why are we always separated from russia if one comes from the caucuses and appears to be a terrorist then he turns into a common enemy and he has to be arrested or eliminated we're all doing it day in and day out i've lost everything fighting against extremism to put everything in order in our country and we will continue doing so we can assist

in the wake of speculation about a so-called chechen link to the attacks the republic's president rob sam katter of says western media are always trying to create a negative image of modern day chechnya. it's always this way they're always in a hurry to tell the entire world the caucus is a place where there is no order and people are ready to kill anyone as if we were all murderers and terrorists they present church. people as criminals through the international community that's the way. it's always been so they want to say bierria the older regions st petersburg in other regions to treat us with apprehension and in not want to let our society consolidate and russia that sturdy policy once a terrorist happens to be from the caucasus why do they always underline that in public opinion he's russian anyway we're all russian citizens the caucasus belongs to russia where citizens are the russian federation as well as the others why are we always separated from russia if one comes from the caucuses and appears to be a terrorist then he turns into a common enemy and he's to be arrested or e

suicide two female suicide bombers and the responsibility for that attack was claimed by notorious chechen warlord door kumara who soon after that attack kong to moscow subway system took place posted a video on the internet in the beach here warning to russians dad and i quote the war will come to your streets you will feel it in your old lie. and you will feel it on your screen on your skin and it is a very very grim and sinister warning and we know for a fact that russian law enforcement agencies security agencies have been working very hard to prevent any situations like this from happening but again this is a major embarrassment for all of them because. when it happened to the moscow subway system and after all this public criticism directed at the law enforcement agencies for not preventing it they were saying that you cannot see a search every single passenger on the most good metro system there so many people it's services millions of people every day but in case of the dhamma jet or airport it's a bit different airport it is a security facility it's a close to facility anybody in

an image of the head of that body and to establish that it's not pro it's a personal friend of the chechen republic but for the southern europe in arabic origin now this is despite claims that we've heard in the western media with very quick to do appreciate and pointing to the attack being carried out by some from the north caucasus now when the most came much evolving as happens a terrorist group from the north caucasus claimed responsibility within a matter of days and this is what we've seen is a difference no no one has claimed responsibility yet and the response from russia was not to point any fingers but the western media did just that with very little facts we can head now from the head of the chechen republic he says that the international community does have a tendency to act in this manner. it's always this way they're always in a hurry to call the entire world the caucuses a place where there is no order and people are ready to kill anyone as if we were all murderers and terrorists who present church. people as criminals to the international community that's the way they're ma

policy comes on the wire also did spike of arrests over suspected terror plots detainees and links to chechen terrorism and al qaida have triggered accusations that lacks checks offering extremists saying hey fred. thompson the paulson hoping your work but calling the president a mosque a problem could be the among the chaunce so really they have a cold war experience and this is going. see what it would have been like if the russian capital become the target of the new gear at the time. and celebrating break ups with a bunch of american marriages ending in divorce these in their distress is becoming a prosperous business in the u.s. divorce the showers and give same in helping the hall broke in make your fortune for creative coming. up next the stories of soldiers and officers who choose conscience over all me what is the price they paid for that decision. noice can you hear it. it's coming from the earth it's the sound of despair despair and. noise south millions of men women and children living in appalling conditions in extreme poverty extreme violence extreme exploitation. orphans of the

chechen women were accused in that particular case. so it's no stretch to imagine that this may have been carried out by the same groups. but as i said at this point, there really doesn't... no evidence has been made public one way or another. >> woodruff: we're also hearing, will englund, about russian security operations in recent months in the north caucuses, looking for rebels. is there any more information about that and whether that could have... this could be in retaliation for that? >> well, although chechnya has been really very significantly quieted down from the really bad times in the... when they were at war there in the mid 1990s and then again in the early 200 0s, the kremlin has a firm grip on the capital city of grows knee. there was a low-level war going on in chechnya and on to the east and to the west. just small little battles, little explosions at police buildings, followed by security sweeps through villages in the mountains. both sides taking casualties. one thing that i think a lot of americans would be surpris

initial investigation into monday's blast a dumb idea to the airport i suggested it is not related to chechen based militants that's what russia's prime minister vladimir putin told reporters at a meeting with his belgian called. russia mourns the airport bombing victims as people gather around damage yet about to pay tribute to the thirty five killed in the terror of time over a hundred of those injured remain in hospitals some still in critical condition. also terrorism is expected to be in the spotlight at the world economic forum in davos president who is arrival was delayed due to the deadly blast in the russian capital is due to give the opening speech. plus russia's upper house of parliament you know mostly ratify the new nuclear reduction deal with the us the final step before being signed by the president the treaty will see each nation's deployed warheads reduced by a stone. and up next you can watch the second part of our special report on the impact of plastic pollution on the planet and the efforts to fight it. the thing that's most shocking to me is of all the samples we've take

no one has claimed responsibility but russian authorities suspect chechen rebels. mr. bush, meantime, condemned the attack. >> we share your sorrow and a resolve to stand with you in our common fight against those who use terrorism for their political goals. >> this is russia's worst tractor attack since last march when two suicide bombers blue themselves up in moscow's subway system killing 39 people. suicide bombers here also blew up two airplanes in 2004 killing all 90 people on both of those flights. >>> aids to president obama say he is gonna lay out his ideas on creating jobs and strengthening the economy in tomorrow's state of the union address. the president's plan is expected to center around 5 pillars, innovation, education, infrastructure, deficit reduction, and reforming government. in a nod toward the new civility of tone after the tucson rampage at least 60 democrats and republicans say they'll sit next to each other instead of across the aisle. >> i think any time when, i think any time when you're talking about something as reflective and as sober as th

chechen separatists want indian fen dense from moscow. >> they could be sending a signal to the rest of the world that those areas of cooperation, conduct activity they have to the rest of the world, places like an international terminal are subject to attack. >> russia's president vowed to catch those responsible. this is the second time in seven years the airport has been attacked. >> aidses attacked aidings to president obama are centring on five pillars. in a nod towards civility in light of the suck son rampage at least 60 democrats and republicans say they'll sit next to one another instead of across the aisle. >> i think any time when you're talking about something as reflective and as sober as the stated of our union, to do that in an atmosphere where democrats and republicans are not divided by a central aisle, but sitting together, i think that's, i think that's a good step. >> daniel hernandez, the intern credited with helping save the life of representative gabrielle giffords, along with one of giffords' doctors and the parents of shooting victim christine green will be a

boyd currently playing for a championship side middle for saying he had no interest in going to the chechen capital hold it meanwhile has been holding his first training session with terry there in turkey a moment for pre-season training ahead of their first match against reigning league champions ending some pages terry finished twelfth last season and the management say that a nice simple this coming season. for the flyers possible it's well the way we use the camp for. much more of this. elsewhere astray believe a great chance of lifting their first major trophy they face japan in the final of the aged cup on sunday after thrashing becky stan six neil in the semi's by the socceroos is so far scored thirteen goals and only concede once at the tournament sunday's game will be the first ever major final for the strains and the team understands the significance. not going to say this will make up for a loss of the world cup this is just a strain as a team going in and trying to win a tournament i think we've had enough experience now tournament's that we've put a serves in a winning position

galaxy chelsea newcastle but is now join the terek side in the chechen capital grozny after former boss alone in midfield a victim who knows pulled out of talks with the club terry could also been in contact with former tottenham manager is martin and christian growth. out of the football news english premier league side aston villa have signed strike it down bent from sunderland for a club record transfer fee they haven't disclosed the amount but have admitted it is a record with the british media reporting it is around twenty nine million dollars spent to join sundin from fifteen million dollars from tottenham in two thousand and nine scored thirty six goals to the northeast club. start with but will because at the asia cup astray and south korea are the latest teams to book their places in the last state a straight face bahrain needing only a draw to advance to the socceroos who got the only goal of the game out in the next fish drive giving his side the win and giving himself the second goal use many games bahrain did push for an equaliser they couldn't find a bright very serious tr